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American former soccer player (born 1978)

Freddy Juarez
Personal information
Full name Frederico Juarez
Date of birth (1978-04-01) April 1, 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.67 m)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2003 El Paso Patriots 133 (3)
1999–2000 Wichita Wings (indoor) 43 (11)
2004–2007 Minnesota Thunder 89 (3)
International career
2007 United States futsal
Managerial career
2014–2016 Real Monarchs
2016–2019 Real Salt Lake (assistant)
2019–2021 Real Salt Lake
2021– Seattle Sounders FC (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 1, 2021

Freddy Juarez (born April 1, 1978) is an American soccer coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach with Seattle Sounders FC. Juarez most recently was the head coach of Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.

Playing career

He began his professional career in 1998 with the El Paso Patriots. In 2004, he moved to the Minnesota Thunder for four seasons.

  • 1999-2000 Wichita Wings NPSL (MISL)
  • 2005 Invited into U.S. Men's National Team Camp
  • 2007 U.S. Men's National Futsal Team

Coaching career

During the off season, Freddy also coaches a premier club team in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He has had much success coaching many teams from the New Mexico Striker F.C. His U19 team has won the New Mexico state championship six times and made it to the Far West Regional finals on more than one occasion. Coaching, Freddy has produced two professional players, brothers Edgar Castillo and Noel Castillo.

He served as an assistant coach for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer; he was elevated to interim head coach on August 11, 2019, after the firing of Mike Petke. In December 2019 he became the team's fifth head coach. On August 27, 2021, it was announced that Freddy had parted ways with immediate effect from Real Salt Lake for a new opportunity, with Pablo Mastroeni taking over as interim head coach.

On September 1, 2021, Seattle Sounders FC announced that Juarez had been hired as an assistant coach.

Coaching record

As of August 22, 2021
Coaching record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Real Monarchs United States December 23, 2014 December 6, 2016 60 18 14 28 64 84 −20 030.00
Real Salt Lake United States August 11, 2019 August 27, 2021 55 18 14 23 71 76 −5 032.73
Total 115 36 28 51 135 160 −25 031.30

References

  1. Bogert, Tom. "Real Salt Lake name Freddy Juarez head coach, Elliot Fall general manager". MLSsoccer.com.
  2. Boehm, Charles. "Who is Real Salt Lake interim head coach Freddy Juarez?". MLSsoccer.com.
  3. "3 Thunder players get national team tryouts". Star Tribune. January 18, 2005.
  4. "RSL Names Freddy Juarez Head Coach". RSL.
  5. mlssoccer. "Real Salt Lake, head coach Freddy Juarez part ways midseason | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  6. Evans, Jayda (September 1, 2021). "Sounders announce Freddy Juarez as new assistant coach". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  7. "Freddy Juarez career sheet". footballdatabase. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
Seattle Sounders FC – current squad
Real Salt Lake – head coaches
(i) = interim.


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